History of Chesterfield, Cheshire county, , from the incorporation of "township number one," by Massachusetts, in 1736, to the year 1881; . (i) ; d. in Chfd., Oct. 25, 1851, a. 44.—Thirza C, unm.; res. in Chfd. Alpheus, son of James (4), m., 1815, Salome, dau. of PerleyHarris (3), and who d. July 29, 1862. In his youth he at-tended school only -three weeks ; nevertheless, by private study,he afterwards succeeded in acquiring an ordinary had a special aptitude for arithmetic, and it is said thateven persons who ought to have been his superiors in thisbranch of mathematics somet
History of Chesterfield, Cheshire county, , from the incorporation of "township number one," by Massachusetts, in 1736, to the year 1881; . (i) ; d. in Chfd., Oct. 25, 1851, a. 44.—Thirza C, unm.; res. in Chfd. Alpheus, son of James (4), m., 1815, Salome, dau. of PerleyHarris (3), and who d. July 29, 1862. In his youth he at-tended school only -three weeks ; nevertheless, by private study,he afterwards succeeded in acquiring an ordinary had a special aptitude for arithmetic, and it is said thateven persons who ought to have been his superiors in thisbranch of mathematics sometimes sought his aid in the solutionof difficult problems. When a young man, he learned theblacksmiths trade, which he followed for many years at theWest Village. He also engaged in farming, living a long timeon the farm now owned and occupied by Horace D. was selectman i837-39, 45, 49, 53, and represented thetown in the General Court in 1849. He d. May 28, 1869. Ch. : Minerva, b. Feb. 5, 1816; m., Nov. 15, 1840, SamuelShumway, of Alstead; d. May 9, 1846. Had 2 ch.: EllenM. Shumway, b. Nov. 22, 1841 ; Frederic Shumway, b. A^^^^. 445 7, 18431 and m., Dec. 28. 1870, Ella C. Wetherell. Fredericd. Apr. 16, 1871.—Alpheus Franklin (7), b. May 29, 1818.—jfude (8), b. Sept. 2-5, 1820.—Lucten, b. Nov. 11, 1824;m., May 28, 1853, Helen M., dau. of Ashbel Wheeler (4).He was an enterprising and prosperous merchant, trading ex-tensively in California and elsewhere ; and, though a youngman at the time of his death, had succeeded in acquiring ahandsome fortune. He d. at Havana, Cuba, while on hisway home from Cal., Feb. 2, 1858.—Bernard, b. Nov. 19,1828; d. July 2, 1847. Alpheus Franklin, son of Alpheus (6), m., Nov. 19, 1845,Sarah M., dau. of Judge Dean, of Claremont. Having studiedlaw for a while at the Harvard Law School, he next enteredthe office of Hubbard and Gilchrist, at Charlestown, this Hubbard was at that time a Senator in Congress, and
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